Verizon Wireless And The University Of Colorado Buffaloes Team Up To Provide A HopeLine&#174; For Survivors Of Domestic Violence

BOULDER, CO — Verizon Wireless and the University of Colorado Buffaloes are teaming up again this year to help curb domestic violence. Fans attending the Colorado Buffaloes home games on Oct. 18 and Nov. 8 are invited to donate used wireless phones and accessories to benefit survivors of domestic violence through the Verizon Wireless HopeLine® program. HopeLine drop boxes will be in the Verizon Wireless tent located directly across from the ticket office and main stadium entrance prior to kickoff.

Through the Verizon Wireless HopeLine program, used wireless phones, batteries and accessories from any service provider are recycled, or refurbished and sold. Verizon Wireless uses the proceeds to award grants and to donate wireless phones with prepaid airtime to local shelters and non-profit organizations to aid survivors of domestic violence.

“Verizon Wireless is pleased to partner for the fourth year in a row with the University of Colorado Buffaloes to have HopeLine included in game day activities,” said Melanie Braidich, regional president for Verizon Wireless. “We encourage Colorado Buffaloes fans to donate their no longer needed wireless phones and accessories to help us make a difference in an epidemic that affects one in three American women during their lifetime.”

Wireless phones and equipment can be donated to the HopeLine program year-round at any Verizon Wireless Communications Store across the country. For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline.

About HopeLine
Verizon Wireless encourages customers who are upgrading their wireless phone to participate in its exclusive HopeLine phone-recycling program. The national HopeLine program distributes previously owned wireless phones to victims of domestic violence, supports non-profit domestic violence advocacy groups and provides an environmentally safe method of recycling phones. Donations are accepted at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores across the country. For additional information, customers can also visit www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline.

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